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Properties of Elastomers

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PROPERTIES :	Natural Rubber	Styrene Butadiene	Ethylene Propylene	Neoprene	Nitrile	Silicone	Urethane Rubber	Fluorocarbon
Hardness Range (Shore A)	20 - 90	40-90	30-90	10-95	20-95	10-85	10A to 80D	50-95
Tear Resistance	Good	Fair	Good	Good	Fair	Poor	Excellent	Fair
Abrasive Resistance	Excellent	Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Poor	Outstanding	Good
Compression Set	Good	Excellent	Good	Fair to Good	Good	Fair	Good	Very Good
Permability to Gases	Fair	Fair	Fair to Poor	Low	Fair	Fair	Fair	Very Low
RESISTANCE :
Oil and Gasoline	Poor	Poor	Poor	Good	Excellent	Fair	Excellent	Excellent
Water Absorption	Very Good	Very Good	Excellent	Good	Fair to Good	Good	Good @ 70F Poor @ 212 F	Very Good
Ozone	Fair	Fair	Excellent	Excellent	Fair	Excellent	Outstanding	Excellent
Sunlight	Poor	Fair	Very Good	Very Good	Poor	Excellent	Good	Very Good
Temperature Range (c)	-55 - +90	-50 - +100	-50 - +150	-40 - +100	-40 - +100	-60 - +200	-25 - +100	-20 - +200
ACID RESISTANCE :
Dilute	Fair to Good	Fair to Good	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor	Excellent
Concentrated	Fair to Good	Fair to Good	Good	Good	Good	Fair	Poor	Excellent
SOLVENT RESISTANCE :
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons	Poor	Poor	Poor	Good	Excellent	Poor	Excellent	Excellent
Aromatic Hydrocarbons	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Poor	Fair to Good	Excellent
Oxygenated (ketones,etc.)	Good	Poor	Good	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor
Lacquer Solvents	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Poor	Poor
Swelling in Lubricating Oil	Poor	Poor	Poor	Good	Very Good	Fair	Excellent	Excellent
Major Attributes	Resilience	General Purpose	General Purpose	Oil & Gas Resistance, Weatherability	Oil Resistance	Heat Resistance	Abrasion Resistance, Load Bearing Characteristics	Heat Resistant, Excellent Solvent & Chemical Resistance

Material	Hardness	Characteristics
NBR	40-90	NBR compounds can exhibit excellent compression set, tear and abrasion resistance, but they do not have good resistance to ozone, sunlight, or weather. More than 60 kinds of compounds with numerous colors for your choice. Good gasoline resistance, heat and abrasion resistance, lubricated especially, applied to general and edible commodities.
EPDM	40-90	EPDM compounds have excellent resistance to Skydrol and other phosphate ester fluids at higher temperature. They also have excellent resistance to brake fluids and steam. More than 30 kinds of compounds with numerous colors for your choice. Good brake oil resistance, excellent heat resistance, applied to general and edible commodities.
SILICONE	40-80	Silicone compounds exhibit the best over all temperature range of all currently available elastomers. They have good high temperature and low temperature resistance, but they cannot be used in dynamic applications due to their poor tensile and tear strength. They should be considered to be non-petroleum applications. More than 30 kinds of compounds with numerous colors for your choice. Good resistance to tear and heat, transparent, applied to general and edible commodities.
FLUOROCARBON	60-80	FLUOROCARBON compounds have excellent resistance to petroleum products, low compression set and high temperature resistance. They are especially good for hard vacuum service and low gas permeability. More than 30 kinds of compounds with numerous colors for your choice. Good resistance to heat and cold, low resistance to compression set, applied to general commodities.
HYPALON	50-90	Resist to heat, ozone, weathering and oxidizing chemicals. It has good resistance to strong acids at room temperature. Maximum operating temperature: -50⁰F to 230⁰F continuous service
POLYURETHENE	40-85	Polyurethane has excellent abrasion resistance and low temperature flexibility, tear resistance, ozone and weathering resistance. Polyurethane has outstanding oil and fuel resistance and is generally resistance to moderate chemicals, fats, diluted acids, and many hydrocarbons. Maximum operating temperature: -50⁰F to 300⁰F continuous service